kaantu
yellow footed rock wallaby
kaaṛu-thatni
Red Sea (an inlet with red sand, probably near the Red Cliff)
Kakarru
the Great Serpent, the Rainbow Snake
kampatya mayi
to cook food
kanturla
Tammar wallaby, female
kapmuna
grandfather, mother's father
Kapurinya
name of hill up from the waterfall (behind Pt Germein)
kaṛa
spear with two barbs
kaṛanya
arrogant, fancying oneself
Kaṛarru
name of one of the matrilineal moieties
Kari-yawi
name of a site in Nukunu country, 'emu-water', southwest of Mt Remarkable
karntu-pirkinya
lightning
kartinya
first child female birth order name
kartla-yarlu
light from a fire, blaze
katha
long waddy, yam stick
katnu
frill-necked lizard
katnyini
grandmother, mother's mother
kawarna
uncle, mother's brother
kawi-miina
spring, 'water eye'
Kintyura
abode of the spirits of the dead, visualised as a distant place in the west
kulpi
cloud (general term)
kunartu
third child female, birth order name
kuni
third child male, birth order name
kupa
corpse, also probably means 'white coloured'
kuratya
to hit with a weapon
kurntatya
to hit with one's hand, to beat
kurru wantatya
to snore, lit 'to lie down snoring'
Kutnayi
name of a hill, probably in Nectar Brook country
kutnyu-paarla
white woman
Makuli-wartli
name of Crystal Brook 'Slate-Stone Camp'
maly'awi pintha
name of spring at Pt Germein
mampurti
name of Mambray Creek
mangarti
grandmother (paternal)
mangkutya
to pick up in one's hand
manu
name for Ngadjuri people 'inland people'
manuri
name for Ngadjuri people
maraty'awi
name of a big spring on the border of Nukunu and Warta-Pangkala country, north of Yadlamalka 'water pouring out'
marna
many, a crowd, much
marni-marna
fat, in good condition
marnpi
bird: bronze pig pigeon
marritu
birth-order name: fifth child female
marriya
birth-order name: fifth child, male
mathaṛi
name of one of the matrilineal moieties
matyilta
name of a person
mawanha
birth-order name: last child, male
mayi-wakanha
hungry, lit. 'lacking food'
mi(i)naaku
blind in both eyes
milatu
birth-order name: eighth child, female
miliya
birth-order name: eighth child, male
minpara
name of a station
mitla
spear thrower, woomera
mityi wanhanga
what's your name
miya wantatya
to lie down sleeping
muniya
birth-order name: fourth child, male
murtlatya
to be dried out
ngakarna
tree, little silver wattle full of gum
ngalyuri
name of the people who lived south-east of Crystal Brook i.e. Ngadjuri
ngangkayi
mother, alternative word ngami
nganya
me; object form of first person pronoun
ngarra-warlpu
forehead, bone of the forehead
ngatyu
mine; possessive pronoun
ngayi
I, first person singular pronoun
ngunyi
distant, 'that one some distance away'; deictic pronoun
nguṛatya
to let go, to hurl
nhantu
kangaroo, also used for horse
Nhantu-wirra
name of a hill east of the township now so called 'kangaroo-scrub'
Nharangka
name of the people living in Yorke Peninsula
Nhatapilka
name of a creek in Nukunu country
nhiina
you; 2nd person sg. pronoun subject
Nhawiranha
name of a mountain, Devil's Peak, because that is where the Eaglehawk was flying around
Nhukunu
Nukunu, name of the people of the Southern Flinders,
nhungku
your; possessive pronoun second person singular
paarlu
meat (alternative to partu)
pantyarta
flash, fancying oneself
partnapa
first stage of initiation; young inititate who has gone through this
patnhi manhani
come here!
payala
cold, cold weather
pirka
flash, lightning flash
pirnka
thigh (upper), hip
pirtatya
to hit with fist
pirtiya
birth-order name: first child, male
Pitali paṛi
name of a creek
pitali
lizard: spiny-tailed skink
pitharu
cloud: cumulus cloud
pithu
cloud: large cumulus cloud
purlka
cousin, older cross-cousin
purtnu
bone: pointing bone
puthi
feather: wing feather, hair of leg
thaakatya
to cry out, to call
Thalpiri
name of Pt Pirie, 'headband made from a dingo tail'
thangura
totem: patrilineal totem, 'secret'
thapmurti
grandfather: father's father
thartu
hill, the Flinders Ranges in particular; this word was also an alternative term for 'head'
Thitnya-mukunha
person belonging to the Cat matrilineal Clan
thuka
swamp, mud; tree: box-tree
thungku-warinya
stinking, foul-smelling
thuṛa
man, Aboriginal person
thuṛa paarla
Aboriginal woman
thurtla
stone knife, scraper
